"The Golden Coffin," by Emory Holmes II, in South Central Noir, edited by Gary Phillips, Akashic Press, 2022. The publisher sen...

  "Cold Case," by Bev Vincent, in Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Issue 12, 2022. This is the second story by Vincent to make my bes...

"Deconstruction," by David Dean, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2022.  This is the sixth appearance by my f...

"For a Better City," by Peter W.J. Hayes, in Mystery Magazine, September 2022.   This is the second appearance in this space by ...

 "Joey Cacuzza Loses His Election," by Thomas Pluck, in Low Down Dirty Vote 3, edited by Mysti Berry, Berry Content, 2022.  This ...

"The People All Said Beware," by Christopher Latragna, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2022.   It...

  "Blindsided," by Eric Brown, in The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Mango, 2022.   I ha...

"Belle and Donna," by Keith Brooke, in The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Mango, 2022.   ...

 "Mr. Moto at Manzanar," by George Zebrowski, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, #30, 2022. I'm not generally a fan of past...

"Storm Warning ," by Dana Haynes, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2022. This is the third appearance on this...